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Example Sentences

And there is the monumental Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII, 21 vols., a work of 50 years, deep mine of source material.

From Time Magazine Archive

Banks's Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England, with Supplement, 4 vols. 4to. hf. bd. calf. 1l. 16s. 1807-37.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 109, November 29, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Par le Chevalier de Lamarck, 6 vols. 8vo.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Cloth, £6, 6s. the 5 vols., imp. 8vo.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John

Complete editions of the Comedies are too numerous to be quoted; the best is that brought out in 3 vols. by F. I. Lichtenberg, in 1870.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various